This post originally appeared on the Popanth blog (no longer in operation) in 2014. A greatly expanded version of this article appears in my new book Silent but Deadly: The Underlying Cultural Patterns of Everyday Behaviour, where I delve more deeply into historical literature on farting, the theories of Norbert Elias (a shocking oversight in this piece!), Whoopi Goldberg, fart pranksters, and the rise of ‘fart bullying’.
Silent but deadly: Farting across cultures
Silent but deadly: Farting across cultures
This post originally appeared on the Popanth blog (no longer in operation) in 2014. A greatly expanded version of this article appears in my new book Silent but Deadly: The Underlying Cultural Patterns of Everyday Behaviour, where I delve more deeply into historical literature on farting, the theories of Norbert Elias (a shocking oversight in this piece!), Whoopi Goldberg, fart pranksters, and the rise of ‘fart bullying’.